IE 11 Not Supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.

Coastal Flooding from Bomb Cyclone Hits Boston

Strong reminder for Boston on impact of sea rise.

This NBC News story on the impacts of the bomb cyclone illustrates impact of sea rise on Boston, see Millions face snow, travel chaos as ‘bomb cyclone’ clobbers the Northeast.

Boston is one of the few cities I can list as seriously paying attention to the impacts of sea rise. They have significant portions of their urban area being impacted by coastal flooding already and the bomb cyclone combined with high tides has wrecked havoc on the city's lower-lying areas. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
Sign up for GovTech Today

Delivered daily to your inbox to stay on top of the latest state & local government technology trends.